Olof Hanson – First Deaf American Architect Slide One: Background His parents were Hans Larsson Hanson and Nilla Rasmusdotter Born September 10‚ 1862 in Fjälkinge‚ in Skåne County‚ Sweden Died September 8th‚ 1933 (Age 70) in Seattle‚ Washington Olof lost his hearing at the age of thirteen. Slide Two: Background Continued His father died in 1874 just shortly after the family had planned to move to the US. Since his father had died the family postponed moving till the next year (1875). Just two
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hough I am not Deaf and I have never grown up with the experiences and the oppression that Deaf people faced in their upbringing‚ I do know what it is like to feel oppressed and undervalued. As an interpreter‚ I keep that in mind when I am out on an assignment and whenever I am at a social in the Deaf community. One thing I try to do recognize my privilege as a hearing person so that I do not come off as oppressive or paternalistic toward Deaf people and lead then into reacting to me negatively.
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Would you pick which one would it be going blind or going deaf? That is a question everyone jokes about and say they would go blind for whatever reason or deaf for whatever reason. People never stopped to think about what if I did go deaf or blind. The world is a beautiful place with a lot of sights to see and a lot of sounds to hear. People go through a lot of hardships in life and they always had to prevail through the hardships. Their perseverance through the hardships inspires everyone to be
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September 10th‚ 1994 was my first day of 6th grade. This was also the first day that I came in contact with the Deaf world. During recess‚ my friend Elizabeth brought out a new girl by the name of Megan Leschly. She was deaf‚ and her interpreter‚ Ms. Rosener‚ did not go out to recess to help her communicate. This was the day I started to learn sign language. From 6th grade to 8th grade Megan went to public school with me and all of our group of friends. We celebrated everything together
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Edison‚ NJ to observe and participate in a Deaf culture event meeting at the Starbucks. This event takes place on the first Friday of every month‚ and I was lucky enough to be able to hear about and attend to this one right before the paper was actually due. All the other events I attempted to plan on going to interfered with my work and class schedule‚ so I was fortunate to have gotten an e-mail from a fellow class mate‚ Allison White. This wasn’t my first Deaf event because last year one of my close
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The third Deaf event that I attended was an interpreted church service at New Venture Christian Church on April 17th and I attended this event for over an hour and a half. I have attended New Venture Christian Church since I was eight years old and within the last four or five years we have gained a few Deaf members of our congregation as well as an interpreter. When I found out about this assignment I immediately knew that I wanted to closely observe the signed church service. When I arrived at
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The first deaf event that I went to was the on a cold Sunday morning with my mother‚ and I met up with my aunt and uncle. We lived in the outskirts of Charlotte and the church was downtown‚ so we got up at 9 o’clock in order to get dressed. My mother drove‚ and I used the GPS to navigate us to uptown Charlotte and ultimately to Charlotte Deaf Mission at First Baptist Church. We went into the church and went up the stairs to the multi-media room. In there was a little break room where they served
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you to do something‚ and yet brush it aside as though it was meant for someone else? I became enchanted with American Sign Language in high school‚ when I befriended a Deaf group of students. I now realize I was fascinated by the language because‚ unbeknownst to me at that time‚ I am a visual and kinesthetic learner. Any time I saw Deaf people or Sign Language Interpreters in the community‚ I couldn’t help myself but to watch them. By the time I was a mother of two I knew I wanted to be fluent in the
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important figure in Deaf History due to the significant impact he had of deaf culture. By establishing dozens of schools for the deaf‚ he was able to provide many people the opportunity to learn and have an education. He was able to succeed his mission with lifelong commitment and determination along with the ability to overcome conflicts that interfered. Although Mr. Foster was born in 1925 on June 27th with the ability to hear‚ he developed Spinal Meningitis and became deaf at age eleven. Later
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Last semester‚ in American Sign Language 2010‚ my class got assigned a book report project. I with two other partners‚ choose a book entitled “The Art of Being Deaf: A Memoir‚” by Donna McDonald. My professor told us we were to pick one quote from the entire book that stood out to us. I chose an excerpt from the end of the book‚ on the grounds that‚ it was the section that focused on reflection and understanding. The excerpt goes “My life had been pitted here with deep sadness and lifted there with
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